Volume 1 The Prequel to the Four Gates Chapter 25 The Old Man
"Senior brother, senior brother, I want this" Zhao Xi stopped and suddenly found a magical ring, only to see that the ring profile read: A unique pet world, which can reduce the smell of pets at home, the internal space is about ten steps long and wide, and the price is three thousand ancient coins.
Since Anzhai came back, Zhao Xi obviously found that the two little wolves had obviously grown up a lot during this time, and their original cute little bodies had become stronger and stronger. Coupled with the same medicinal bath as Zhao Xi every day, one person and two wolves who are not separated day and night will always cause Zhao Xi to have a smell of a little wolf, fortunately there is a smell of the daily medicinal bath to cover it, and there is no bad smell on Zhao Xi's body for a while, but every day the little wolf will rub his skin when Zhao Xi is training, and once again leave a bad smell, so that every time someone delivers a meal, the handyman of the inn always thinks that Zhao Xi has smeared some balsam.
"Okay" Yao Xiangsheng did not hesitate, picked up his yellow ancient coin card and swiped it, and the ring appeared in Yao Xiangsheng's hand, and he gave it to Zhao Xi with a flick of his hand and bowed his head.
Zhao Xi looked at this ring fondly, looked down, and put it on his hand excitedly, thinking that he would never have to worry about those two little guys being disturbed by the outside world in the future, if this idea was known, he would definitely make fun of him, after all, this belonged to raising two little wolves alive into two little wolf dogs.
Yao Xiangsheng looked at Zhao Xi, who was childlike, and took the child's hand and walked to other places.
The two had not gone far, Zhao Xi suddenly looked up at Yao Xiangsheng, and whispered: "Thank you, senior brother." Then he showed an innocent smile again.
Yao Xiangsheng's cheeks were slightly red from the child's laughter, and he looked down at the child's innocent appearance, and he didn't know what to say for a while: "Eh, it's okay."
"Zhao Xi, this is not bad" Yao Xiangsheng called Zhao Xi, as soon as the ancient coin card came out, two small pills in the bottle of orchids appeared, and the bottle read: Beast benefit pill, which can help pets grow and strengthen their muscles and bones.
"Wow~" Zhao Xi saw that he was very surprised, he knew some of the medicines that could help animals grow, many of them were only used by precious children, originally he wanted to prepare some for the two little wolves this time, but he never saw it, and he was bought by Senior Brother Yao as soon as he saw it, and he was also very excited.
"Senior brother, it's expensive, right?" Zhao Xi looked at Yao Xiangsheng excitedly.
"It's okay, more than two thousand bottles, do you have anything else to like" Yao Xiangsheng saw that Zhao Xi was extremely concerned about his two pets, and he often released them every day as long as he was in the inn, it was this occasional whine that made the group a little tricky, they used to be in the bandit village, and it was not surprising that there was a wolf howl, but now it is indeed in the inn, and fortunately, the hidden wind has some means to make the little wolf's voice quickly dissipate, and it gradually eliminated the suspicion of the storekeeper.
After spending so many ancient coins, in fact, Yao Xiangsheng was still a little distressed, after all, he only had more than 8,000 ancient coins in total, which he had saved so many years of hard work, but thinking of the magic weapon that his junior brother gave him no more than 10,000 ancient coins, he was still a little calm, after all, it was such a simple magic weapon, and it was very likely to save his life at a critical moment.
The two of them looked at the others, although they didn't buy anything later, of course, it may be that they couldn't afford the bad ones, and they couldn't afford the good ones, so they waited for the others to come back at the agreed place. After a while, the other senior brothers also returned with their own joy, and they all gave Yao Xiangsheng some gifts that they thought were good, which made Yao Xiangsheng slightly moved.
Coming out of the place of all things, the group walked on the road again, and when they saw that there was nothing more satisfying, they returned to their inn.
As soon as Zhao Xi entered his inn, Lin Yu, who was waiting on the side, stopped him, because the child was still young, for the sake of safety, Zhao Xi and Lin Yu had been living together all the way.
"How is today?" asked Lin Yu while looking at the happy child.
"Very good, Uncle Lin, Senior Brother Yao gave me two small gifts, you see" Zhao Xi said as he took the little wolf out of the bamboo basket, and happily gestured to Lin Yu with his new ring: "If only I could cultivate, I would be as powerful as Senior Brother, and this ring would not need to be switched" Zhao Xi said to himself while testing the ring.
Lin Yu quietly watched Zhao Xi study the playthings in his hand, and when he was basically ready, he was just about to lie down on the bed: I want to teach you the last alchemy, go out with me at night in the future, don't move around at will if you have nothing to do during the day, and rest more.
Zhao Xi's little body that was just about to sit down heard this, and suddenly bounced: "Uncle~"
"You have a good rest, let's start tonight, tonight, I and your Uncle Hidden Wind will take you to meet someone first. Lin Yu said slowly.
"Okay" Zhao Xi was even more excited when he heard this, and quickly lay down on the bed, his big eyes blinking, but he couldn't sleep at all.
It has been almost a year since the start of the project, although Uncle Lin has taught a lot along the way, and now he is only one short of refining medicine that has not yet been fully taught, on the one hand, Zhao Xi knows that he can only use some simple pharmacology to match, so as to match different effects according to the reaction it produces, such as refining the pill like the beast pill itself is still a little insufficient.
As twilight approached, Zhao Xi slowly stretched his waist and lay on the bed for a day, although he was rarely sleepy, he still barely squinted.
"You wake up, there are pastries here, prepare a little, and in a while, you Uncle Hidden Wind will come over and we will set off." Lin Yu, who was watching the medicine by the bedside, said.
"Matter, Uncle Lin" simply cleaned up, and Zhao Xi obediently ate pastries on the side.
After a while, Qianfeng pushed the door in, glanced at Lin Yu, turned his head and looked at Zhao Xi again: "Wake up, eat slowly, after eating, we will take you to meet an old man"
Lin Yu nodded hurriedly, and was also affected by this inexplicable atmosphere for a while, and the three of them did not speak again.
In the dilapidated courtyard, two white lions rusted by the rain with yellow hair quietly guarded the gate that had no human relations for a long time, and the crows in the corner looked down at the approaching three people and did not fly away.
The three of them walked softly in the moonlight, and the first one was not far from the door and said to the door: Please report, and the descendants will ask to see you. Someone inside the door heard a sound, and a dying old man poked his head out and said, "You wait," and closed the door again.
Zhao Xi didn't know why, followed the two uncles, looked down at the broken ground, and didn't know why for a while, there was always a little uncomfortable feeling in his heart.
"Come in" After a while, the old man opened the door and invited a few people inside, but his eyes did not leave Zhao Xi for half a minute.
"You go directly to the backyard, he is waiting for you in the second ancestral hall there" The old man led the way and walked silently to the chair next to the gate, and no longer looked at the crowd.
Walking through the simple main court, Zhao Xi's eyes scanned, only to see a huge loyal character hanging high above the main hall, and the quaint stools on both sides looked a little old, but the ground was extremely clean, presumably someone cleaned it often.
"Remember, don't tell outsiders anything you see for a while," Lin Yu turned around and instructed when he was about to arrive at the ancestral hall.
"Yes, Uncle Lin," Zhao Xi replied in a low voice with retracted eyes.
"Old Mr. Rutang, we have arrived," Qianfeng said humbly again
"Come in," a year-old voice came from inside the room.
"Yes," Qianfeng took Lin Yu and Zhao Xi gently pushed the door in.
As soon as I entered the main entrance, I saw an old man with a gray beard looking at a portrait of a mighty general on the wall, on which this person looked resolutely, dressed in red armor, riding a war horse, looking into the distance, and behind this person were countless red armor soldiers, staring into the distance as seriously as this general.
Seeing this, Zhao Xi was also moved by the momentum of the people in the painting, and bowed to the portrait with them.
"Old Mr. Rutang, I know you didn't believe what I said before, man, I brought it, there is a mark on the right chest in front of him, you should know that only the children of the East Gate Armor will have a special birthmark," said the submerged wind after bowing his head
"Yes, this is the last time you come to the door, and since you have joined the royal family, our relationship has ended" The old man who was called a Confucian still did not look back, but there was a lot of complaint in his words.
"Young master, take off your clothes" Qianfeng turned around and said to Zhao Xi in a stunned moment.
Zhao Xi was also stunned, looked back at no one, and pointed to himself looking at the hidden wind.
Qianfeng nodded slightly, walked over to help Zhao Xi take off his upper clothes, and pushed the child to walk in front of the old man.
"Far away from me" was just halfway through the words, the white-haired old man looked at the birthmark on the child's left chest, his fingers trembled slightly for a while, and he reached out to touch Zhao Xi tremblingly.
"Is that you?Xiao Wu, your heir" The white-haired old man rubbed Zhao Xi's shoulder, and there was a bit of madness in an instant, which frightened Zhao Xi and hurriedly retreated.
"Don't you know me? According to the time, you should be ten years old this year, don't you remember, I hugged you when you were born, I am your Wang Rutang, and your father is a person worthy of my brother. The white-haired old man saw the child hiding backwards, chased and walked forward, scaring Zhao Xi into a corner and no longer moving forward.
Qianfeng Lin Yu watched from the sidelines and didn't come forward, quietly watching everything that happened.
"Hahaha, the Dongmen family has a queen" Wang Rutang laughed out loud, suddenly grabbed Zhao Xi, pointed to the portrait on the wall and said: "Midsummer, that's your father"
Zhao Xi was already in a panic, he was slightly stunned when he heard this name, only Hong Shi'an knew this name when he was in the Hong family, and later it was changed to Zhao Xi by Lin Yu, there are few people who should know, how did he know, and looked at the hidden wind Lin Yu nervously.
Seeing this, Lin Yu stepped forward and explained: Zhao Xi, you should know a little bit about your life experience, you are a descendant of the East Gate, this is your father's old friend, Mr. Wang Rutang, your father was imprisoned by an edict from the emperor, and the entire Dongmen family was later slaughtered overnight.
Zhao Xi was shocked when he heard the short explanation.
Wang Rutang on the side slowly eased up from his madness: "You go out, the child stays"
Qianfeng Lin Yu was not much surprised when he heard this, and Qianfeng was just about to leave, but Lin Yu grabbed him: "Mr. Wang, you are wrong to blame the eldest brother, we did not take refuge in the royal family, in today's world, the Empire State Building will fall." “
"What does this have to do with me," Wang Rutang said coldly.